It is a hacker’s dream. Even in the face of repeated warnings to protect online accounts, a new study reveals that “admin” is the most commonly used password in the UK.
The second most popular, “123456”, is also unlikely to keep hackers at bay.
It’s not just a problem here – Australians, Americans and Germans also use “admin” more than any other password when accessing websites, apps and logging in to their computers. Around the world, “123456” emerges as the most popular.
Picked up a keyboard at the thrift with a pink sticky note on the bottom:
user:adminpass:passwordYes, someone had to write that down.
I’m their defense sometimes you have to be reminded that something that terrible was used